Re: boot Linux from Linux

2008-12-03 Thread Matthias Kaehlcke
El Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 06:25:55PM -0800 Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) ha dit: >Is there any way to use Linux as bootloader to boot Linux? It might sound >crazy but I need to figure out this. not sure what you are looking for, maybe http://www.coreboot.org/ could be interesting for you

Re: boot Linux from Linux

2008-12-03 Thread dinesh bansal
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any way to use Linux as bootloader to boot Linux? It might sound > crazy but I need to figure out this. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > Bizhan > Do you mean running Linux as appli

Re: boot Linux from Linux

2008-12-02 Thread Kalpesh Rathod
Bizhan, Have a look at 'kexec' . It may not meet 100% your requirement but comes close. Thanks, Kalpesh On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Bizhan, > > Yes it is do-able you can actually use the zImage header to bootstrap the > kernel. You can modify linux/arc

Re: boot Linux from Linux

2008-12-02 Thread Mark Brown
Bizhan, Yes it is do-able you can actually use the zImage header to bootstrap the kernel. You can modify linux/arch//boot/compressed/ head.S and add the boot loader logic there. Then you need to place your zImage in the location your platform normally loads the boot loader. You should real

boot Linux from Linux

2008-12-02 Thread Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh)
Hi all, Is there any way to use Linux as bootloader to boot Linux? It might sound crazy but I need to figure out this. Many thanks in advance, Bizhan